A sauropod-dominated tracksite from Rubha nam Brathairean (Brothers' Point), Isle of Skye, Scotland

doi:10.1144/sjg2017-016

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	A sauropod-dominated tracksite from Rubha nam Brathairean (Brothers' Point), Isle of Skye, Scotland
	dePolo, Paige E.1; Brusatte, Stephen L.1; Challands, Thomas J.1; Foffa, Davide 1; Ross, Dugald A.2; Wilkinson, Mark 1; Yi, Hong-yu 1,3
	2018-05-01
发表期刊	SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY
ISSN	0036-9276
卷号	54 页码:1-12
文章类型	Article
摘要	Middle Jurassic dinosaur fossils are exceedingly rare, but new discoveries from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, are beginning to fill this gap. We here describe a new dinosaur tracksite found in the Lealt Shale Formation (Bathonian) of the Great Estuarine Group at Rubha nam Brathairean (Brothers' Point) on Skye. The site preserves an abundance of small sauropod manus and pes prints and several isolated and broken medium-to-large tridactyl footprints. The main site occurs on a single horizon of shaley limestone that formed in a lagoonal environment. The sauropod tracks are tentatively assigned to the ichnotaxon Breviparopus due to the narrow gauge of the trackways, the digital characteristics of the pes, and the ratio of heteropody observed between the manus and the pes. A theropod trackmaker is inferred for some of the tridactyl impressions with several indicative of the ichnotaxon Eubrontes. This new site strengthens the inference, originally based on a previously discovered locality near Duntulm Castle (Duntulm Formation) in northern Skye, that sauropods habitually spent time in lagoons during the Middle Jurassic.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
DOI	10.1144/sjg2017-016
关键词[WOS]	MIDDLE JURASSIC DINOSAUR ; GREAT ESTUARINE GROUP ; THEROPOD DINOSAURS ; CLEVELAND BASIN ; INNER-HEBRIDES ; FOOTPRINTS ; EVOLUTION ; TRACKWAYS ; YORKSHIRE ; REMAINS
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
项目资助者	Association of Women Geoscientists (AWG) ; National Geographic Society(GEFNE185-16) ; Edinburgh Zoo ; Edinburgh Geological Society ; Derek and Maureen Moss
WOS研究方向	Geology
WOS类目	Geology
WOS记录号	WOS:000432581100001
出版者	GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8411
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	dePolo, Paige E.
作者单位	1.Univ Edinburgh, Grant Inst, Sch Geosci, Kings Buildings,James Hutton Rd, Edinburgh EH9 3FE, Midlothian, Scotland 2.Staffin Museum, 6 Ellishadder, Staffin IV51 9JE, Isle Of Skye, Scotland 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	dePolo, Paige E.,Brusatte, Stephen L.,Challands, Thomas J.,et al. A sauropod-dominated tracksite from Rubha nam Brathairean (Brothers' Point), Isle of Skye, Scotland[J]. SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY,2018,54:1-12.
APA	dePolo, Paige E..,Brusatte, Stephen L..,Challands, Thomas J..,Foffa, Davide.,Ross, Dugald A..,...&Yi, Hong-yu.(2018).A sauropod-dominated tracksite from Rubha nam Brathairean (Brothers' Point), Isle of Skye, Scotland.SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY,54,1-12.
MLA	dePolo, Paige E.,et al."A sauropod-dominated tracksite from Rubha nam Brathairean (Brothers' Point), Isle of Skye, Scotland".SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 54(2018):1-12.